Blundering through writer's block, and a rant

[wordinista]

Yeah, I know it's been about 3 months since I updated OGAM. I know. Believe me. I frickin' KNOW. I open up Ch 51, and just... stare at it. I'm starting to think there's something wrong in the chapter, and my brain won't let me get on with it until that something is fixed.

Or, it could be that a lot of my muses are catatonic, given my schedule lately. Bleh.

No, there's... there's something not-right. And I just have to fix it. Whatever "it" is.

But, at any rate, I was cleaning out the spam from my "Green Tea" replies (spam shows up under the guise of OGAM reviews), and I found two reviews that just...

*shakes head*

Good lord, how old are these people?

Both reviews were for the chapter with the Miroku/Sango lemon. "Chapter 46: Midnight Watch"

One of them was nice enough, if... pretty misspelled, which is a pet peeve, but... meh.

But the second one just made me shake my head:

this was a good chapter though i had some trouble following with the clothing part.....anyway i like how u write its a good way to get readers. keep up the good work. oh and u should write about kag and inu doing the same thing....ppl seem to like that more.

...

WTF?

I don't know where to start. This stabs so many of my pet peeves. I mean, SO MANY.

Punctuation? Anyone? Bueller?

an i can't tell u how much i hate when ppl rite like dis

*stabs with spork*

Okay, the "clothing part" -- I used the proper names (or as close as I could figure, thank you, evilpuppy) for Miroku's robes and Sango's clothes. You know: yukata, kesa, tabaki.

LOOK IT UP, NITWIT!

...And, I "should" write an Inuyasha/Kagome lemon? Um, no. No, sorry, ain't gonna happen this time 'round. I realize that Japanese laws of consent are different than ours, but I'm NOT going to write a fifteen year old girl having sex. SORRY. Even sixteen. The closest I'd wangle is seventeen, but in OGAM, Kagome isn't seventeen. Miroku and Sango are constrained by different morals/ethics, given the TIME they live in, which is why I took them down that road. And you know what? If I gave a flaming youkai's ass what people "seem to like" more, I WOULDN'T BE WRITING A STORY WITH AN ORIGINAL FREAKING CHARACTER.

I realize I don't get a lot of idiotic reviews, and maybe that's why when I DO get them, I want to throw things.

UGH.

Okay. Better now. Time to straighten up the apartment and wait for the lady from the moving co. to come by and estimate how much it'll cost to move all our crap. (We'll pack stuff up, but there's no way in hell we have the time to MOVE ourselves. And the stairs? Oy.)

Comments

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Although I know nothing of your fanfic, I do sympathise. I think it's a dreadful nerve to tell people what they "should" write in matters of creative writing (technical authoring is another matter altogether), and as you say, if someone can't spell, can't punctuate, and can't use capital letters (or possibly is so bone idle they can't be arsed to do any of those things), I don't see why you should be expected to pay them any attention at all. Sporking? I'd flamethrower them (but then, Once Upon A Time In Mexico is the fandom I spend too much time in).

And as for moving - get more than one quote, and see if you can find anyone who is prepared to recommend (or not) any of the companies you think you might want to use! I speak - as you know - from bitter experience!

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

And as for moving - get more than one quote, and see if you can find anyone who is prepared to recommend (or not) any of the companies you think you might want to use!

Ohhyes. Yours is a cautionary tale if ever I heard one. However, the company we're getting the quote from is one who just recently moved some friends of ours who sold their house quicker than they'd expected to. The experience was ... actually problem-free, so that company is the first we're getting the quote from. And then we'll ask around some more. But, yeah -- we're trying to learn from everyone else's experience, and hopefully it won't be too much of a nightmare. *crosses fingers*

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

Yes...after the moving company that just plain didn't show up, I highly recommend multiple quotes, etc.